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What really grinds your gears?

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postieboy Jul 2016 2:46pm, 31 Jul 2016 3,565 posts	Quote Pin postieboy Running a 10k in blazing sunshine and then the clouds coming over just after I finish. Grrrrr!
Velociraptor Jul 2016 6:32pm, 31 Jul 2016 34,227 posts	Quote Pin Velociraptor [Cuddy, has your womb fallen out yet, or is it something else that falls out in women who row too vigorously?]
Duchess Jul 2016 6:39pm, 31 Jul 2016 7,034 posts	Quote Pin Duchess (I suppose it can't fall out as she's sitting down to row. It must be her boobs that fall off instead). Groups of cyclists on narrow tow paths where the first one rings their bell when coming up behind a slower runner, but the second and third - who are a good way behind - don't and it all gets a bit hairy when you think it's safe to step off the verge. Either get the leader to say "more behind" or all use your bells.
Cuddy Jul 2016 6:49pm, 31 Jul 2016 4,680 posts	Quote Pin Cuddy [No, no womb fallen out. Maybe she was worried that I have a particularly violent recovery phase of the stroke and my boobs would explode. And yes, it was a she. Didn't bother to tell her I've rowed on the heavy setting for many years and that hasn't happened yet.]
ChrisHB Jul 2016 7:29pm, 31 Jul 2016 13,588 posts	Quote Pin ChrisHB Traffic management - to be exact, traffic mismanagement - around bicycle races.
Surrey Phil Jul 2016 9:08pm, 31 Jul 2016 1,546 posts	Quote Pin Surrey Phil Three hours on the M25 last Friday. Painfully slow-moving between J3-1a and then a complete standstill trying to get off at J28. Still annoys me thinking about it and no sign of any traffic police traveling on the hard shoulder to try and get it moving.
The Teaboy Aug 2016 8:30am, 1 Aug 2016 14,395 posts	Quote Pin The Teaboy The nobber I was stuck behind coming down the sliproad to the A14 who wouldn't 'accelerate' to more than 30mph. How feck am I supposed to merge safely on a busy rush-hour dual carriageway (and notorious accident blackspot) at that 'speed'. And yes, he did deserve the bout of abuse I gave him for it.
Dvorak Aug 2016 11:25am, 1 Aug 2016 11,995 posts	Quote Pin Dvorak People on tv telling me what a fantastic summer it's turned into in Britain. I don't call constant low cloud and max temperatures of 15C fantastic. Britain doesn't end somewhere around Lancaster. (Admittedly the sun is out today here. This weather will last for about a day. Most days have actually had a sunny spell. Unfortunately it has generally been between 0500 and 0700.)
Doctor K Aug 2016 11:32am, 1 Aug 2016 3,835 posts	Quote Pin Doctor K Radio 5 advertising their own station with loud and frantic pieces of commentary.
Wriggling Snake Aug 2016 11:34am, 1 Aug 2016 12,635 posts	Quote Pin Wriggling Snake I think Radio 5 could be expanded to "The whole of the BBC".